Airtel held 61.16% of India’s 144.85 million M2M cellular connections in September 2026, according to TRAI data. India had 144.85 million machine-to-machine (M2M) cellular connections at the end of September 2026, an increase of 4.35 million from August. Bharti Airtel accounted for 88.58 million connections, or 61.16% of the total, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on October 27.